Gate or fence



(No Model.)

B. GILBERT.

I GATE 0R FENGB. 'No. 420,681. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDW'IN GILBERT, OF GEORGETOWN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLOUIS G. BEERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GATE OR FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,681, dated February4, 1890.

Application filed June 28, 1889. Serial No. 315,935. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN GILBERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Georgetown, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gatesor Fences, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to gates or fences, and more especially to thatclass of gates or fences in which the frame of the gate or the rails andposts of the fence are hollow and tubular in form, and in which wireforms the body of the gate or fence; and it consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction and arrangements of the parts, and inthe novel manner in which I secure the body to the frame, as will behereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide a strong and durablegate or fence, yet inexpensive and light and attractive in appearance;second, to afford a means whereby the body may be more readily andfirmly secured to the frame than in the usual or present custom; and,third, to provide a gate or fence with the body secured thereto in sucha manner that there shall be no projections or rough surface, thuspreventing rust and affordinga smooth frame, which may be easilyfinished, polished, or painted. I attain these results by theconstruction and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a .part of a gate with the wirebody in place, and showing the two pieces of the frame secured togetherby a clamp-elbow, a portion of which is broken away to show thedepression in the end of the rail and the internal elbow. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of a portion of a gate=frame with the outerelbow removed, but showing an internal elbow in section.

Fig.3isacrosssectional view taken on line a: a; of Fig. 1. Fig. l is aperspective view of the slotted internal elbow.

In the drawings, A represents a hollow frame, its parts preferablycylindrical in form and having longitudinal slots B extending theirentire length, in which slots the body C is inserted and firmly held, aswill be presently explained.

E is an internal elbow provided with a longitudinal slot 1), as shown inFig. at. This elbow may be either hollow or solid, and is designed tofit in the hollow ends of the frame, as shown in Fig. 2, in which casethe said ends are beveled and are joined together over the angular 6oelbow E. Around this joint I may place the clamp or split elbow F,having securing-screw c, as will be understood by reference to Figs. 1and 3.

At each end of the frame A, I provide the rail or piece on the outersurface thereof, with a longitudinal tapering and angular depression d,which has its larger end at the end of the piece, and its smaller end.extending be= yond the end of the elbow F.

My object in providing the pieces A A with the depression or depressionsabove described is that I may solder or metal-coat the joints after theparts are connected, and in this case the material will fill thedepression and be more firmly retained, as is obvious, thus pre ventingrust.

To carry my invention into effect, the frame A is connected together atits corners by placing over said ends the split or clamp elbow F, whichclasps the ends of the frame and is firmly secured by means of theadjusting device or screw 0, or I may use the internal elbow E with orwithout the elbow F. When the elbow E is used without the outer elbow, 85 the beveled ends of the frame are mitered, as at e, and soldered atsaid joint, the solder occupying the depression d and firmly securingthe connection. The slot 1) is in alignment with the slot B of theframe, and has inserted 0 therein the ends of the body, as is also thecase when used with the outer elbow; but when not so used I prefer toextend it farther in the hollow tube, thus obtaining greater strength atthe joint and affording a secure brace. After the frame is thusconnectedthe ends of the wire body or of any other material are insertedinto the slotted frame and firmly held by tightly clamping the slottedtube or frame thereon.

While I have shown a wire body within the gate-frame, and prefer to usethe same, it is obvious that I may employ other material and obtain thesame results.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a gate or fence, the combination of v the frame A,havinglongitudinal slots B, with an internal elbow E, having slot 1), fittingin and joining the ends of the frame, the body 0, and clamp-elbow F,having adjusting device 0, adapted to fit over said joints,substantially as shown and described.

2. In a gate or fence, the combination of g the frame A, having the slotB and depressions d, with the body 0, the internal elbow E, having slot1), and outer clamp-elbow F, havingadjusting device 0 at the corners ofthe frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a gate or fence, the combination of the frame A, havinglongitudinal slots B and depressions cl, with the body O and theclampelbow F, having adjusting device a, fitting over the ends of theframe and adjoining the same at the corners, substantially as shown anddescribed, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my sealthis 17th day of June, 1889.

EDWIN GILBERT. [L. s.]

In presence off-- GnAs. C. TILLMAN, CHAS. J. MILLER.

